Eurasia

Turkey — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated an Orthodox mass on Sunday (August 15th) to mark the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The mass, at the Panagia Sumela Monastery in northeast Turkey, was the

Top Kosovo Albanian officials have sent a joint letter to UN member countries and international organizations. In it, Hashim Thaci and Fatmir Sejdiu are calling for Serbia’s resolution on

A senior Romanian diplomat who was detained in Moscow while trying to obtain military secrets from a Russian national has been declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country within 48 hours, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday.

Visiting Gracanica on Sunday (August 15th), Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that Belgrade is interested in talks on Kosovo even if that means changing UN Security

Croatia — The prosecutor’s office in Sisak has filed war crimes charges against five Serbian citizens, local media reported on Saturday (August 14th). Dusan Jovic, Vlado Cupovic, Marko Vrcelj, Mile Paspalj and Josa Kovacevic were allegedly involved in crimes against civilians and prisoners of war during the 1991-1995 war in …

BiH — High Representative Valentin Inzko on Sunday (August 15th) lifted sanctions against three people who were removed from office for obstructing implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Mladen Tolj, Pero

The Russian Federation has no right to dictate to the President of Moldova which decrees sign, said Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu in response to the Russian Foreign Ministry comment on awarding the Ilascu group.

Montenegro has started making payments to Croatians over the 1991 war damages. The Montenegrin government reached an out-of-court settlement with a resident of Dubrovnik, Croatia, and paid

Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with his Greek counterpart Geroge Papandreou on Monday. Ahead of the visit the Greek prime minister, who also holds the foreign ministry portfolio, spoke by

The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) will hold a press conference Monday at Holiday Inn hotel in Skopje, in relation to three-day visit of US congressional delegation.